Table 2 Themes emerged from the qualitative analysis
Theme | Theme description |
|---|---|
Frequency and duration of the nutritional counselling | This relates to the frequency of nutritional counselling over the course of participants’ enrolment in the nutritional programme. Duration indicates the length of an individual nutritional counselling session. |
Contents of the nutritional counselling | This refers to the actual topics discussed during the nutritional counselling |
Acceptability of the nutritional counselling | This theme relates to the acceptability of the nutritional counselling and recommendations by participants |
Applicability of the nutritional programme | Refers to the actual implementation of the nutritional recommendations given by the health professional |
Challenges/barriers in relation to nutritional counselling | This theme identified the challenges of nutritional counselling in HIV care from the perspectives of study participants including applicability |